Senior Alyssa LeClaire won both the 1600 meter and the 3200 meter finals at the Girl's State meet in the Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany, Ga., on May 5-6.
Senior Ngozi Chukwueke said, "Alyssa is one...
The girl's track team placed first at the Fayette County Championship meet on March 23. They beat the second place team, Fayette County High School, 17 points.
Seniors Alyssa LeClair, Nicole Zaubi,...
The boys track team traveled to the Northlake High School to compete against the 14 other Atlanta area schools on March 3. The team placed second in the boys division with strong performances from Seniors...
Part of the McIntosh track team traveled to Alabama to run at the Last Chance Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama on Jan 28. The Last Chance Invitational is the only indoor track meet that in which the...
Students dread going to gym class because of the structure. Gym classes try to force students to enjoy fitness and value the necessity of constant training. Students want to play sports and enjoy the social...
Spanish four students started preparing for the annual National Spanish Exam on Jan 4. Testing begins on Mar 1 and ends on April 10. Students are allowed to finish the test at anytime during the period.
The...
Ms. Shery Kearney and her AP English students started celebrating Scarfsgiving on the Friday before Thanksgiving break. Throughout the school day, students wore outrageous and creative scarves.
Students...
This is the first year that middle school students are allowed to run on the high school cross country teams. On the McIntosh team, eighth graders were allowed to compete at many of the meets throughout...
Homecoming has changed throughout the history of McIntosh. From McIntosh’s beginning, Homecoming has been the crown jewel of the football season.
The Homecoming game is the football team’s moment...
The Varsity cross country team won with a margin of 33 points between them and the next team on Sept. 12. Based on time, they beat the second place team, West Forsyth High School, by 10 seconds. However,...
Ms. Shery Kearney's AP Language class participated in a Socratic seminar on Sept. 13. The seminar centered around the two assigned summer readings, "The Grapes of Wrath" and "East of Eden." Sophomore Joie...
The cross country team competed at the Sandy Creek XC Kick Off on Saturday, August 22. The boys team placed second to Whitewater high school with an average time 23 seconds slower than Whitewater's.
Senior...
Mrs. Togneri's Spanish III class watched The Incredibles." In Spanish, the movie is called "Los Increibles." For two days the class watched "Los Increibles" while they also took turns interviewing for...
Hail abruptly began to fall in Peachtree City on Tuesday, March 30. The high temperature for the day was 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and the warm conditions gave way to light rain, which almost immediately...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Mar 27, 2015
The track team traveled to Flowery Branch to compete against 21 teams from around the Atlanta area on Saturday, March 21.
Senior Khadim Jones placed third in the 400 with a time of 51.17 seconds. Senior...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Mar 19, 2015
The track team competed at the ounty Championship on Saturday, March 14. Both varsity teams placed second at the meet.
Sophomore Rachel Ward won the 3200 meter race and placed 4th in the 1600 meter...
Running form is essential to success in track; it is one of the driving forces behind speed. Incorrect form leads to injuries, such as back problems and knee problems.
When a runner lacks proper form,...
The track teams participated is the second annual Distance Carnival at Marietta on Saturday, February 21. Both the boys and the girls team took home first place.
The boys 4x800 meter relay team (senior...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Feb 13, 2015
Mrs. Togneri's Spanish III class made friendship bracelets while watching the movie the "Book of Life" on Feb. 13.
Sophomore Dylan Dodge said, "The friendship bracelets and the movie lets us wind down...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant sports editor
• Jan 30, 2015
On January 30, Mrs. Walls sophomore English class presented buttons they had made representing propaganda used during the French revolution. Mrs. Walls' students will wear their pins throughout the day...
A shooting by Islamic radicals in the French capital of Paris on Wednesday shocked McIntosh students.
According to the BBC, two brothers entered the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Dec 18, 2014
The McIntosh hockey team is currently undefeated in their 2014-2015 season. Their current record is 6-0.
According to pointstreak.com, the McIntosh hockey team is leading the standing with three points...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Dec 18, 2014
As the winter season progresses, soccer training gets increasingly harder. This increase is due to the looming soccer season and soccer tryouts. In past athletes have been hit by the metaphorical wall...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Dec 18, 2014
The PSAT was administered on October 15. Now students are receiving their scores through the United States Postal Service. The results should arrive during the break.
Sophomore Joie Zhou said, "My...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Editor
• Oct 31, 2014
As fall begins, softball season wraps up, and elimination rounds for the state championship occur. The Lady Chiefs softball team made it to the region tournament but were eliminated on October 7.
The...
Kyle Ewers, Assistant Sports Writer
• Oct 29, 2014
On Saturday October 25, the cross country team traveled to the Heritage Christian Church to compete at the regional cross country meet. This meet was the last meet of the season for the JV teams. For the...
The junior varsity team ran the 4th annual Coach Daley Invitational on Saturday, September 20. The five kilometer course was set at the Northgate campus.
At the one mile marker, junior Zander Wilson...
The Cross country team competed at the Battle of Atlanta at Nash Farms on Saturday, August 30. Senior Johnny Vargas said, "Nash Farms is possibly one of the hardest and hilliest courses that we will run...
Recently the students of Fayette County received a new email address. They can use these email addresses to respond to a survey from the administration. This survey will help students to change the library...
Over 1,000 people have now died in the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Many West African countries have been affected, including Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Liberia. Recently a case in Saudi Arabia...
McIntosh boys varsity team beat the Gainsville varsity team on Friday May 9. They now advance to the semifinal stage of the state championship.
The opening goal started as a fast break caused by...
In a well fought through game, the McIntosh boys varsity soccer beat the Evan high school varsity team to advance to the second round of the state championship. The final score was two to zero. The opening...
On Tuesday May 6, the McIntosh boys varsity lacrosse team lost to Allatoona High School varsity lacrosse team. The final score was 5-13.
This loss ended the teams state championship possibilities. Freshman...
On Friday May 9, The McIntosh varsity boys soccer team play the Gainsville varsity soccer team in their third round game. Currently the Chiefs are undefeated. Come out tonight at 8 p.m. to support your...
The Chase Burnett Center hosted a small tournament at score on Saturday, April 19. Before the tournament began the founders of the Chase Burnett Center gave a short talk about not getting involved in drugs...
The Fayette Innovation and Research in Science and Technology was recently recognized at the Fayette County Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 26. Freshmen Keaton Wimbish, Kyle Ewers and John...
On Wednesday, Mayor Kasim Reed, Atlanta Falcons owner Aurther Blank, Frank Poe and commissioner Don Garber announced the new Major League Soccer team coming to Atlanta. The press conference was streamed...
The freshman boys team played Sandy Creek's junior varsity team on Thursday, March 28 and won with a score of 2-0. Then on Saturday March 30, they played Fayette County High School's junior varsity team...
The recent extremely rainy period has caused the cancellation of five consecutive games for the boys freshman soccer team. Many of the players are starting to itch for the hance to play a game against...
On Thursday, February 27, the freshman boys team played their first game at home. The final score was 2-2.
After Northgate scored, McIntosh countered with a good chain of passes to Jacob Deuel, who...
The freshman soccer team plays matches against the Harris and Carrollton JV teams this weekend on Saturday, March 8 at McCurry Park. The freshman teams' first game is at 11 a.m. against Carrollton and...
The freshman boys soccer team played the Heritage Junior Varsity B team on Monday, March 3. The final score was 2-1 with David Thomas and Jacob Deuel both scoring. Caleb Podolski, who is not the regular...
The McIntosh freshman team played the Whitewater junior varsity team on Monday night. The ending score was 2-0 Whitewater. The McIntosh ninth grade coach said, "They might be faster and stronger than...
On Thursday 27, the boys freshman soccer team will play at home against the Northgate JV team. Come and support the ninth grade team. The game starts 5:30 pm.
Three McIntosh students have established a foundation that awards $25 to the overall best middle school science fair project. The organization, which is not affiliated with McIntosh High School, is called...
McIntosh students went to the county science fair and competed against other students who had some of the best projects from all the other schools on Tuesday, December 17. Sophomore Hope Didier, freshman...
As the winter chills set in, I find that it becomes continually harder to train. Senior Josh Mattingly said, "The sun goes down at 5:30 ruling out the possibility to run outside without having to take...
Mr. Greg Mason is the head of the math department. He teaches seniors, juniors and freshman. Originally he wanted to be a state officer in Texas. He went to college and got a degree in math and went to...
Many students who have been part of a team, band, or club know that there are fund raisers attached to being in the club, band, or team. Freshman Kevin Liow said, "I had to sell $200 worth of those discount...
Ms. Kelly McMahon is a charismatic gifted biology and chemistry teacher who is new to McIntosh this year. Last year she taught at Bennett's Mill Middle School as a biology and gifted biology teacher. Originally...
Many students find the school hallways far too congested to quickly move from class to class. Freshman Dylan Dodge suggested, "The school should install a system of conveyer belts that would allow students...
Recently, guest speaker Nicholas Morrow came to McIntosh to speak to students about his high school and college experience. Morrow recently wrote a book "Lancelot: the Cornwall Chapter" and came to the...
“On your mark…” Fifty runners from a multitude of different teams step to the start line while the McIntosh runners find sophomore Zander Wilson and give him the open team trophy as he joins them...
The cross country team has had many victories this season, but the most important race is upon them. The state meet is the meet that qualifies and deides which team will win state championship rings. The...
It's Wednesday afternoon, and there are shivering and wet athletes waddling into the gym. It's ice bath Wednesday for the cross country team, and everyone is watching in awe as they see the current victims...
Many McIntosh students know that the freshmen sometimes have to go to great lengths to get to many activities the sophomores and upperclassmen can arrive at with ease.
Freshman Ron Johnson plays football...
Noredink.com, number2.com, quia.com and quizlet.com are only a few of the many websites that have become common place in our classrooms. Some teachers are frustrated by questions that are incorrect on...
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